A Fight with Distances: The States, the Hawaiian Islands, Canada, British Columbia, Cuba, the BahamasK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1888 - 352 pagini |
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... hour , as it seems , makes a step towards surprising develop- ments in this still young , though vastly grown country . I had at first thought of a journey round the world , continuing from San Francisco in our west through our colonies ...
... hour , as it seems , makes a step towards surprising develop- ments in this still young , though vastly grown country . I had at first thought of a journey round the world , continuing from San Francisco in our west through our colonies ...
Pagina 13
... hours or misty weather . At last , the various features of our monster clubbed together ; but even in the far distance , and to the last , it still glittered , white with its own peculiar whiteness . These sea - fogs from time to time ...
... hours or misty weather . At last , the various features of our monster clubbed together ; but even in the far distance , and to the last , it still glittered , white with its own peculiar whiteness . These sea - fogs from time to time ...
Pagina 21
... hour on the following morning . The first view of this great city from the river struck me as being flat and smoky , and particularly so as coming immediately after Quebec . But this deficiency in aspect proves its superiority as a ...
... hour on the following morning . The first view of this great city from the river struck me as being flat and smoky , and particularly so as coming immediately after Quebec . But this deficiency in aspect proves its superiority as a ...
Pagina 34
... should have arrived a full hour earlier than I did , but for that period's delay employed in the well - known game of " kicking one's heels " at the station . I was alone , having left my friends behind at 34 A FIGHT WITH DISTANCES .
... should have arrived a full hour earlier than I did , but for that period's delay employed in the well - known game of " kicking one's heels " at the station . I was alone , having left my friends behind at 34 A FIGHT WITH DISTANCES .
Pagina 36
... hours to see Niagara . " This may be pardoned perhaps ; but I think it must be regretted that among his many witty anecdotes he should record the merest cockney nonsense of some " American host , " " Why is it wonderful that water ...
... hours to see Niagara . " This may be pardoned perhaps ; but I think it must be regretted that among his many witty anecdotes he should record the merest cockney nonsense of some " American host , " " Why is it wonderful that water ...
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